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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by
5changing Sections 4.34 and 4.39 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 80/4.34)
7    Sec. 4.34. Acts and Section repealed on January 1, 2024.
8The following Acts and Section of an Act are repealed on
9January 1, 2024:
10        The Crematory Regulation Act.
11        The Electrologist Licensing Act.
12        The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of
13    1984.
14        The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act.
15        The Illinois Public Accounting Act.
16        The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
17    Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
18        The Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered
19    Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act.
20        Section 2.5 of the Illinois Plumbing License Law.
21        The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of
22    2004.
23(Source: P.A. 102-291, eff. 8-6-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 80/4.39)
2    Sec. 4.39. Acts repealed on January 1, 2029 and December
331, 2029.
4    (a) The following Acts are Act is repealed on January 1,
52029:
6        The Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act.
7        The Crematory Regulation Act.
8    (b) The following Act is repealed on December 31, 2029:
9        The Structural Pest Control Act.
10(Source: P.A. 100-716, eff. 8-3-18; 100-796, eff. 8-10-18;
11101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
12    Section 10. The Crematory Regulation Act is amended by
13changing Sections 10, 22, and 35 as follows:
 
14    (410 ILCS 18/10)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
16    Sec. 10. Establishment of crematory and licensing of
17crematory authority.
18    (a) Any person doing business in this State, or any
19cemetery, funeral establishment, corporation, partnership,
20joint venture, voluntary organization or any other entity, may
21erect, maintain, and operate a crematory in this State and
22provide the necessary appliances and facilities for the
23cremation of human remains in accordance with this Act.

 

 

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1    (b) A crematory shall be subject to all local, State, and
2federal health and environmental protection requirements and
3shall obtain all necessary licenses and permits from the
4Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
5Department of Public Health, the federal Department of Health
6and Human Services, and the Illinois and federal Environmental
7Protection Agencies, or such other appropriate local, State,
8or federal agencies.
9    (c) A crematory may be constructed on or adjacent to any
10cemetery, on or adjacent to any funeral establishment, or at
11any other location consistent with local zoning regulations.
12    (d) An application for licensure as a crematory authority
13shall be in writing on forms furnished by the Comptroller.
14Applications shall be accompanied by a fee of $100 $50 and
15shall contain all of the following:
16        (1) The full name and address, both residence and
17    business, of the applicant if the applicant is an
18    individual; the full name and address of every member if
19    the applicant is a partnership; the full name and address
20    of every member of the board of directors if the applicant
21    is an association; and the name and address of every
22    officer, director, and shareholder holding more than 25%
23    of the corporate stock if the applicant is a corporation.
24        (2) The address and location of the crematory.
25        (3) A description of the type of structure and
26    equipment to be used in the operation of the crematory,

 

 

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1    including the operating permit number issued to the
2    cremation device by the Illinois Environmental Protection
3    Agency.
4        (4) Any further information that the Comptroller
5    reasonably may require.
6    (e) Each crematory authority shall file an annual report
7with the Comptroller, accompanied with a $25 fee, providing
8(i) an affidavit signed by the owner of the crematory
9authority that at the time of the report the cremation device
10was in proper operating condition, (ii) the total number of
11all cremations performed at the crematory during the past
12year, (iii) attestation by the licensee that all applicable
13permits and certifications are valid, (iv) either (A) any
14changes required in the information provided under subsection
15(d) or (B) an indication that no changes have occurred, and (v)
16any other information that the Comptroller may require. The
17annual report shall be filed by a crematory authority on or
18before March 15 of each calendar year. If the fiscal year of a
19crematory authority is other than on a calendar year basis,
20then the crematory authority shall file the report required by
21this Section within 75 days after the end of its fiscal year.
22If a crematory authority fails to submit an annual report to
23the Comptroller within the time specified in this Section, the
24Comptroller shall impose upon the crematory authority a
25penalty of $5 for each and every day the crematory authority
26remains delinquent in submitting the annual report. The

 

 

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1Comptroller may abate all or part of the $5 daily penalty for
2good cause shown. The $25 annual report fee shall be deposited
3in the Comptroller's Administrative Fund.
4    (f) All records required to be maintained under this Act,
5including but not limited to those relating to the license and
6annual report of the crematory authority required to be filed
7under this Section, shall be subject to inspection by the
8Comptroller upon reasonable notice.
9    (g) The Comptroller may inspect crematory records at the
10crematory authority's place of business to review the
11licensee's compliance with this Act. The Comptroller may
12charge a $100 fee for the inspection of the licensee. The
13inspection must include verification that:
14        (1) the crematory authority has complied with
15    record-keeping requirements of this Act;
16        (2) a crematory device operator's certification of
17    training and the required continuing education
18    certification are is conspicuously displayed at the
19    crematory;
20        (3) the cremation device has a current operating
21    permit issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection
22    Agency and the permit is conspicuously displayed in the
23    crematory;
24        (4) the crematory authority is in compliance with
25    local zoning requirements;
26        (5) the crematory authority license issued by the

 

 

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1    Comptroller is conspicuously displayed at the crematory;
2    and
3        (6) other details as determined by rule.
4    (h) The Comptroller shall issue licenses under this Act to
5the crematories that are registered with the Comptroller as of
6on March 1, 2012 without requiring the previously registered
7crematories to complete license applications.
8    (i) Every license issued under this Act shall be renewed
9every 5 years for a renewal fee of $100 to be sent to the
10Comptroller. The renewal fee shall be deposited into the
11Comptroller's Administrative Fund. The Comptroller, upon the
12request of an interested person, or on his or her own motion,
13may issue new licenses to a licensee whose license or licenses
14have been revoked, if no factor or condition exists that would
15have warranted the Comptroller to refuse the issuance of the
16license.
17(Source: P.A. 97-679, eff. 2-6-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;
1898-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
19    (410 ILCS 18/22)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
21    Sec. 22. Performance of cremation service; training. A
22person may not perform a cremation service in this State
23unless he or she has completed training in performing
24cremation services and received certification by a program
25recognized by the Comptroller. The crematory authority must

 

 

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1conspicuously display the certification at the crematory
2authority's place of business. Any new employee shall have a
3reasonable time period, not to exceed one year, to attend a
4recognized training program. In the interim, the new employee
5may perform a cremation service if he or she has received
6training from another person who has received certification by
7a program recognized by the Comptroller and is under the
8supervision of the trained person. Each person performing a
9cremation service shall complete a continuing education
10cremation course at least 2 hours in length from a provider
11recognized by the Comptroller every 5 years. For purposes of
12this Act, the Comptroller may recognize any training program
13that provides training in the operation of a cremation device,
14in the maintenance of a clean facility, and in the proper
15handling of human remains. The Comptroller may recognize any
16course that is conducted by a death care trade association in
17Illinois or the United States or by a manufacturer of a
18cremation unit that is consistent with the standards provided
19in this Act or as otherwise determined by rule.
20(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-12; 97-679, eff. 2-6-12.)
 
21    (410 ILCS 18/35)
22    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
23    Sec. 35. Cremation procedures.
24    (a) Human remains shall not be cremated within 24 hours
25after the time of death, as indicated on the Medical

 

 

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1Examiner's/Coroner's Certificate of Death. In any death, the
2human remains shall not be cremated by the crematory authority
3until a cremation permit has been received from the coroner or
4medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred and
5the crematory authority has received a cremation authorization
6form, executed by an authorizing agent, in accordance with the
7provisions of Section 15 of this Act. In no instance, however,
8shall the lapse of time between the death and the cremation be
9less than 24 hours, unless (i) it is known the deceased has an
10infectious or dangerous disease and that the time requirement
11is waived in writing by the medical examiner or coroner where
12the death occurred or (ii) because of a religious requirement.
13    (b) Except as set forth in subsection (a) of this Section,
14a crematory authority shall have the right to schedule the
15actual cremation to be performed at its own convenience, at
16any time after the human remains have been delivered to the
17crematory authority, unless the crematory authority has
18received specific instructions to the contrary on the
19cremation authorization form.
20    (c) No crematory authority shall cremate human remains
21when it has actual knowledge that human remains contain a
22pacemaker or any other material or implant that may be
23potentially hazardous to the person performing the cremation.
24    (d) No crematory authority shall refuse to accept human
25remains for cremation because such human remains are not
26embalmed.

 

 

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1    (e) Whenever a crematory authority is unable or
2unauthorized to cremate human remains immediately upon taking
3custody of the remains, the crematory authority shall place
4the human remains in a holding facility in accordance with the
5crematory authority's rules and regulations. The crematory
6authority must notify the authorizing agent of the reasons for
7delay in cremation if a properly authorized cremation is not
8performed within any time period expressly contemplated in the
9authorization.
10    (f) A crematory authority shall not accept a casket or
11alternative container from which there is any evidence of the
12leakage of body fluids.
13    (g) The casket or the alternative container shall be
14cremated with the human remains or destroyed, unless the
15crematory authority has notified the authorizing agent to the
16contrary on the cremation authorization form and obtained the
17written consent of the authorizing agent.
18    (h) The simultaneous cremation of the human remains of
19more than one person within the same cremation chamber,
20without the prior written consent of the authorizing agent, is
21prohibited except for common cremation pursuant to Section
2211.4 of the Hospital Licensing Act. Nothing in this
23subsection, however, shall prevent the simultaneous cremation
24within the same cremation chamber of body parts delivered to
25the crematory authority from multiple sources, or the use of
26cremation equipment that contains more than one cremation

 

 

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1chamber.
2    (i) No unauthorized person shall be permitted in the
3holding facility or cremation room while any human remains are
4being held there awaiting cremation, being cremated, or being
5removed from the cremation chamber.
6    (j) A crematory authority shall not remove any dental
7gold, body parts, organs, or any item of value prior to or
8subsequent to a cremation without previously having received
9specific written authorization from the authorizing agent and
10written instructions for the delivery of these items to the
11authorizing agent. Under no circumstances shall a crematory
12authority profit from making or assisting in any removal of
13valuables.
14    (k) Upon the completion of each cremation, and insofar as
15is practicable, all of the recoverable residue of the
16cremation process shall be removed from the cremation chamber.
17    (l) If all of the recovered cremated remains will not fit
18within the receptacle that has been selected, the remainder of
19the cremated remains shall be returned to the authorizing
20agent or the agent's designee in a separate container. The
21crematory authority shall not return to an authorizing agent
22or the agent's designee more or less cremated remains than
23were removed from the cremation chamber.
24    (m) A crematory authority shall not knowingly represent to
25an authorizing agent or the agent's designee that a temporary
26container or urn contains the cremated remains of a specific

 

 

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1decedent when it does not.
2    (n) Cremated remains shall be shipped only by a method
3that has an internal tracing system available and that
4provides a receipt signed, in either paper or electronic
5format, by the person accepting delivery.
6    (o) A crematory authority shall maintain an identification
7system that shall ensure that it shall be able to identify the
8human remains in its possession throughout all phases of the
9cremation process.
10    (p) A crematory authority shall not take possession of
11unembalmed human remains that cannot be cremated within 24
12hours unless it provides or maintains either of the following
13capable of maintaining a temperature of less than 40 degrees
14Fahrenheit: an operable refrigeration unit, with cleanable,
15noncorrosive interior and exterior finishes, or a suitable
16cooling room.
17(Source: P.A. 102-824, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
18    Section 15. The Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act is
19amended by changing Section 22 as follows:
 
20    (815 ILCS 390/22)  (from Ch. 21, par. 222)
21    Sec. 22. Cemetery Consumer Protection Fund.
22    (a) Every seller engaging in pre-need sales shall pay to
23the Comptroller $5 for each said contract entered into, to be
24paid into a special income earning fund hereby created in the

 

 

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1State Treasury, known as the Cemetery Consumer Protection
2Fund. The above said fees shall be remitted to the Comptroller
3semi-annually within 30 days after the end of June and
4December for all contracts that have been entered in such 6
5month period.
6    (b) All monies paid into the fund together with all
7accumulated undistributed income thereon shall be held as a
8special fund in the State Treasury. The fund shall be used
9solely for the purpose of providing restitution to consumers
10who have suffered pecuniary loss arising out of pre-need
11sales, to help pay expenses of cemeteries or mausoleums in
12court-ordered receivership, or to satisfy Receiver's fees, or
13to administer the Comptroller's program for the purpose of
14cleaning up abandoned or neglected cemeteries located in
15Illinois.
16    (c) Restitution or reimbursement for pre-need merchandise
17or services shall not exceed the reasonable average regional
18cost of the contracted merchandise at current prices.
19    (d) Whenever restitution is paid by the fund, the fund
20shall be subrogated to the amount of such restitution, and the
21Comptroller shall request the Attorney General to engage in
22all reasonable post judgment collection steps to collect said
23restitution from the judgment debtor and reimburse the fund.
24    (e) (Blank).
25    (f) The fund may not be allocated for any purpose other
26than that specified in this Act.

 

 

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1    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
2the payment of restitution from the fund shall be a matter of
3grace and not of right and no purchaser shall have any vested
4rights in the fund as a beneficiary or otherwise. Prior to
5seeking restitution from the fund, a purchaser or beneficiary
6seeking payment of restitution shall apply for restitution on
7a form provided by the Comptroller. The form shall include any
8information the Comptroller may reasonably require in order
9for the Comptroller to determine that restitution or
10reimbursement for cemetery merchandise or services is
11appropriate.
12    (h) Annually, the status of the fund shall be reviewed by
13the Comptroller, and if she or he determines that the fund
14together with all accumulated income earned thereon, equals or
15exceeds $10,000,000 and that the total number of outstanding
16claims filed against the fund is less than 10% of the fund's
17current balance, then payments to the fund pursuant to
18subsection (a) of this Section shall be suspended until such
19time as the fund's balance drops below $10,000,000 or the
20total number of outstanding claims filed against the fund is
21more than 10% of the fund's current balance, but on such
22suspension, the fund shall not be considered inactive.
23(Source: P.A. 101-34, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.